Kimmy Yam is a reporter for NBC Asian America.
Californians this week are honoring the influential Filipino American labor rights leader Larry Itliong, whose legacy as a father of West Coast labor organizing continues amid recent strikes in the auto, entertainment, hotel and health care industries.
Growers often tried to pit the groups against each other, and differences in language and culture further made organizing across community lines more difficult. But Itliong excelled at coalition building, Zarsadiaz said. He was able to establish a relationship with César Chávez, the Latino civil and labor rights champion, in part because they both spoke English and were seen as charismatic figures in their communities.
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